Budget
Summer Youth Programs Still Reeling From Funding Cut and Late Reversal
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First the mayor moved to cancel SYEP. Then it was belatedly restored. Providers say the rush to get it up and running has made the summer harder than it needed to be.
Budget
Opinion: NY Faces Three More Years of Harmful Budget Cuts Unless Legislative Leaders Act Now
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We look forward to voting for second passage of the Budget Equity Act next year, then working with community groups across the state on a public education and organizing campaign to persuade the voters to approve it on November 2, 2021.
Age Justice
Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut
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The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.
Budget
Families Rally to Keep School’s Polish Dual-Language Program
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A hard-won program is slated for cuts because of COVID-19.
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Still Hope to Save Funding for Affordable Construction
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The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.
Budget
Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement
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For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
Budget
Opinion: NYC’s Budget Does Not Make Policing Safer for those with Mental Illness
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‘My family—and families like mine all over this city—deserve to be able to call for help and actually get it.’
The Max & Murphy Show
A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD
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Two things can be said about the fiscal 2021 budget. One is that it made almost no one happy.
The other is that it did not meaningfully reduce the operational size of the nation’s largest police force.
Affordable Housing
Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget
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The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.
Budget
Opinion: Mayor de Blasio, Protect Funding for Victims of Domestic Violence
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‘You needed us when COVID hit and we have been there. Stand with us and demand adequate funding for our essential workers.’